Terry Fox

Coun Peter Gilbert, new Deputy Lord Mayor of Sheffield for 2026/27. He will become Lord Mayor next year.

'I can't wait' - Sheffield's new deputy Lord Mayor 'hugely honoured'
Sheffield’s new Deputy Lord Mayor said that he is “really honoured” to be chosen for the job.

Sheffield city centre lit up with Christmas lights and a festive market.

Sheffield: Councillor calls for return to big Christmas lights switch-on

The future of Doncaster Sheffield Airport is to be determined in the coming days. Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty

Why Doncaster Sheffield Airport's £176m reopening is cleared for take-off

Cllr Safiya Saeed gives a passionate speech about her experience as a councillor to raise awareness about abuse members receive.

Sheffield’s deputy mayor tells of threat to burn down her house

The scars of the Sheffield tree scandal are still felt

Battleground Yorkshire: Tree scandal still impacts trust in Sheffield

Sheffield City Council's Terry Fox is one of the seven suspended

Seven Labour city councillors in Sheffield are suspended over Local Plan vote

Fargate shipping containers

Sheffield Council opens bidding for shipping containers from failed Fargate saga

Sheffield trees.

Chair of damning Sheffield tree inquiry to speak at council meeting

Sheffield Town Hall

Sheffield council's local election results 2023 as control hangs in the balance

Labour is forcing the leader of Sheffield Council Terry Fox to step down following a series of failures including the street tree scandal and the Fargate shipping containers fiasco.

Terry Fox: Sheffield council leader to resign

Campaigners were right to protest against the felling of trees in Sheffield.

Terry Fox's position as Sheffield Council leader is untenable - The YP says

Sheffield Council leader Terry Fox said he will not resign

Terry Fox: Sheffield Council leader to be forced out following trees scandal

Tree protests on Kenwood Road in March 2018. Picture: Scott Merrylees

Sheffield Council repays over £30,000 in court costs to tree campaigners

Tree protests continue on Kenwood Road in the Nether Edge area of Sheffield in 2018. PIC: Scott Merrylees

Leaders responsible for Sheffield tree felling scandal must resign - The YP says

Sheffield city skyline. Picture: Gerard Binks.

This is where over £5m of project funding will be spent in Sheffield

Tree protestors and police clash on Abbeydale Park Rise as Amey attempt to cut down more trees today. Picture Scott Merrylees

Do you think they should quit?

Sheffield Council leader Terry Fox said he will not resign and he rejected his colleague’s offer of resignation following revelations the council misled the public and courts and acted dishonestly. Picture: Chris Etchells

Council leader to face renewed calls for resignation over tree-felling scandal

A protestor is forcefully removed from under a contractor's truck after stopping felling from taking place on Kenwood Road in Sheffield in March 2018. Picture Scott Merrylees

Sheffield Council pressured police to arrest more tree-felling protesters

Tree protests continue on Kenwood Road in the Nether Edge area of Sheffield in 2018. Picture Scott Merrylees

Company feared £3m penalty if it didn't keep chopping down Sheffield trees

Tree protestors and police on Abbeydale Park Rise as Amey attempted to cut down more trees in 2018.

Sheffield trees dispute put people 'through hell', says council leader

Protests against tree-felling in Sheffield in 2018. PIC: Scott Merrylees

Reconciliation much needed over Sheffield tree-felling scandal - The YP says
What is often overlooked in the Sheffield tree-felling scandal is the emotional impact it has had on those involved.
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Sheffield Council leader Terry Fox, pictured in 2021. Picture: Chris Etchells

Council bosses admit there was a target to fell half of city's street trees

Campaigners were right to protest against the felling of trees in Sheffield.

Those responsible for tree-felling scandal need to be moved on - The YP says

Terry Fox and Kate Josephs gave media interviews in response to the inquiry report this morning,

Sheffield Council leader won't quit over trees scandal

Protests against the tree-felling policy lasted for years

Campaigners saved more than 10,000 trees in Sheffield from the axe

Major incident declared in Sheffield as 2,000 homes without heating or water

Major incident declared in Sheffield as 2,000 homes without heating or water

Sheffield Council ‘significantly hampered’ £25,000 investigation into street tree FOI complaints

Sheffield Council ‘hampered’ investigation into street tree FOI complaints

Sheffield's ever changing skyline. PIC: Scott Merrylees

Connecting cities will help us build out of recession - James Lewis & Terry Fox

Provident Financial Group is launching a free school uniform scheme

Provident Financial Group launches £100,000 free school uniform scheme

Councillor Terry Fox

Outrage over school uniforms which cost 'up to £250'

Sheffield City Council Labour leader, Councillor Terry Fox, has written to the Government questioning the recent Grade 2 listing of the former John Lewis Coles building.

Labour call for controversial listing of John Lewis building to be put on hold

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Sheffield Clean Air Zone: signs and cameras coming this month
Sheffield Council said signs for the Clean Air Zone will be installed around the city in coming weeks ahead of a daily charge to drive in the city centre.
Molly Williams

Sheffield City Council is considering opening 'heat banks' for people to stay warm in the winter

Yorkshire council could set up 'heat banks' where people can stay warm in winter

An internal investigation has been ordered into Sheffield Council chief executive Kate Josephs' involvement in Partygate.

Secrecy over Kate Josephs Partygate emails 'in public interest', council claims

Welcome to Yorkshire brought the Tour de France to the county in 2014.

Yorkshire tourism needs a buccaneer not a bureaucrat – David Behrens

Sheffield has been selected for regeneration funding as part of the Government's levelling up plans.

Sheffield MP accuses Government of 'con trick' over regeneration funding

A video caught the moment Coun Damms pulled down the man's face covering

Councillor pulled down man's face covering during angry exchange on picket line

Sheffield Council CEO Kate Josephs

Kate Josephs on paid leave while Partygate investigation is carried out

Sheffield Council chief executive Kate Josephs has said she is 'truly sorry' for her involvement in a Cabinet Office party.

Sheffield Council chief executive Kate Josephs held lockdown-breaking leaving do

Sheffield city hall

Oolitical leaders react angrily to planned service cuts by First Bus

Sheffield City Council spent £208,137 on the services of stand-in chief executive Charlie Adan.

Shameful secrecy of council CEO’s £1,250 a day pay – The Yorkshire Post says

A socially distanced council meeting at Ponds Forge

Council postpones meeting - because venue is booked for university graduation

Sheffield city centre will have a Clean Air Zone from 2022

'Historic' moment as Sheffield councillors vote to create Clean Air Zone

More than 41,630 people have signed a petition calling on Sheffield City Trust to reverse its decision to cancel the Roy Chubby Brown's show at the City Hall

Chubby Brown's manager brands Sheffield City Hall ban as 'ludicrous and unfair'

Ponds Forge in Sheffield

Ponds Forge lost around 11,000 visits this summer due to leisure pool closure

Roy 'Chubby' Brown had his show in Sheffield cancelled by the SCT

Council leader defends decision to cancel Roy 'Chubby' Brown's show

Ponds Forge leisure pool will remain closed until January

Ponds Forge leisure pool to stay closed until January due to £500,000 work

New council leader Terry Fox, deputy leader Julie Julie Grocutt, Green leader Douglas Johnson and his deputy Alison Teal

Labour and Green Party to lead Sheffield Council as 'co-operative'

Sheffield governance referendum count. It's Our City celebrations outside the count. Picture: Chris Etchells

‘Uncharted territory’ as parties hold meeting on who will run Sheffield Council

Nether Edge, Sheffield

Labour members sign letter claiming party's defeat is down to tree felling

The cutting down of trees in Sheffield as part of roadworks has aroused strong opposition

Panel launched in response to Sheffield tree row

Canadian rugby players sing their national anthem and raise funds for national hero Terry Fox in Leeds. Picture James Hardisty

O Canada! Rugby team sing at Leeds shopping centre as they fundraise in memory o...

Rubbish in the street on Upwell Lane, Sheffield.

Councils having to foot bill for illegal flytippers

A third of councils in England and Wales, including Sheffield, did not hand out a single fixed penalty notice for fouling in 2014-15.

Council’s are failing to crack down on dog fouling - with a fifth fewer penaltie...

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